Posts by Funchback

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newbie and need help.

by jamesd2004 in

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friends

hey ya everybody im new here just saying hi good to be here.. and i need some help if thats ok. i have been studying for about a year and know its the truth etc...but im not babtised.

but want to be...i need some help about family issues.... i wasent brought up in the truth and neither were/and are my mum and dad.

i know i shouldnt do this but i am.

Personally, I was a part of the so-called "truth" for about 25 years. I would advise that you cease and desist your studying with them. It is the opinion of myself, and possibly many others who post on this Forum, that your newfound religion d-i-v-i-d-e-s familes instead of unifying families (a hope that you are holding on to).

With that said, should you make that committment to become a JW, then you shouldn't worry about what your parents (or anyone else) thinks about your choice. If this is the "truth" that you insist it is, then, nothing else matters.

"For every thinking human being, there is freedom of choice. For everyone else, there's Jehovah's Witnesses."

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Does the WTBTS still control your life?

by Honesty in

do you follow the arrangement dictated by the governing body of jw's regarding df'd and da'd individuals?

do you shun the jw's like you are expected to by wt leaders or do you speak to jw's and greet them with a smile even if they shun you when you do so?

in complying with wtbts rules of acceptable behavior for da'd or df'd persons do you think that you are showing unconditional love to your neighbor?

Funchback

I'm shunned by *some* in my former congregation....and I'm not even DFd or DAd.

Their loss...not mine.

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Anakin Skywalker vs. JW reaching Out

by Funchback in

i saw 'revenge of the sith' this past weekend.

i couldn't help but find similarities of anakin and young male jws.

in fact, i felt a lot like anakin.

Funchback

SOJ-

Tell your "JW friend" that he/she shouldn't be seeing movies about people with "unnatural" powers (i.e., The Force), or, movies that speak of "chosen ones" (i.e., Annakin), or, movies that have souls that don't die (i.e., Annakin, Yoda, Obiwan...and, oh...the Liam Neeson character).

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A Brasilian Link - Christian Apologetic Centre of Research

by Petruska in

i guees thats the right name in english.

"christian apologetic centre of research".

http://www.cacp.org.br/.

Funchback

Obrigado para isso site, Petruska!

Um beijo!

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Which avatars ''appeal'' to you (credit to jt stumbler)

by MidwichCuckoo in

jw
friends

after reading jt stumbler's topic on avatars, i recognised that certain avatars appeal to me, and i'm sure others feel the same.... .

elsewhere (no idea why, gimme a clue), ezekiel3 (says a lot), euphemism (loved the marx bros) and googlemagoogle (so classical) spring to mind, oh, ip_sec's last avatar (the red pyramid) - want to revert back ip_sec?

oh, and stillajwexelder - after reading your posting on jt stumbler's thread i realise i previously had the wrong impression - lol.

Funchback

There are some FASCINATING avatars on this site.

What is a FUNCHBACK?

Many years ago, I began posting on here as Mister Biggs. But, I decided to 'out' myself from the JW (dis)organization. Some people who posted on here were (and are) afraid that the WTS is reading our posts. So, I decided to "dare" anyone to turn me in (I was still going to the hall at the time). I put my real name in that post. I posted my photo. And, I changed my JWD name to Funchback (my last name 'Funches', and, the word 'back'...as in returned). Plus, it sounds like a cheap ripoff of Hunchback!!!...LOL!!!

Yes...My favorite avatar that I ever used was the girl getting hit over the head with the ball. I haven't used it since Simon stopped allowing us to use "moving" avatars.

Here's the girl gif:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/bastardometer/girlball.gif

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Which avatars ''appeal'' to you (credit to jt stumbler)

by MidwichCuckoo in

jw
friends

after reading jt stumbler's topic on avatars, i recognised that certain avatars appeal to me, and i'm sure others feel the same.... .

elsewhere (no idea why, gimme a clue), ezekiel3 (says a lot), euphemism (loved the marx bros) and googlemagoogle (so classical) spring to mind, oh, ip_sec's last avatar (the red pyramid) - want to revert back ip_sec?

oh, and stillajwexelder - after reading your posting on jt stumbler's thread i realise i previously had the wrong impression - lol.

Funchback

I constantly change mine.

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Anakin Skywalker vs. JW reaching Out

by Funchback in

i saw 'revenge of the sith' this past weekend.

i couldn't help but find similarities of anakin and young male jws.

in fact, i felt a lot like anakin.

Funchback

Thanks for the link tetrapod.sapien.

I want to clarify that in NO WAY do I see myself as Anakin going bad.

I am simply saying that the Jedi Counsel wouldn't give Anakin the title of 'Master' because they didn't trust him yet.

Believe me, I feel like the JWs are the Dark Side...LOL!

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Anakin Skywalker vs. JW reaching Out

by Funchback in

i saw 'revenge of the sith' this past weekend.

i couldn't help but find similarities of anakin and young male jws.

in fact, i felt a lot like anakin.

Funchback

I saw 'Revenge of the Sith' this past weekend. I couldn't help but find similarities of Anakin and young male JWs.

In fact, I felt a lot like Anakin. He was appointed to the Jedi Counsel, however, he wasn't given the title of Jedi Master.

When I was a JW, I was asked to do many things: Read the Watchtower on Sunday's. Give talks during the TMS. Read for the Book Study. Additionally, I went out in Field Service as often as possible.

But, like Anakin, I was never appointed to a "titled" position, in my case as a Ministerial Servant. I could never understand why. This caused me to feel unworthy of Jehovah's love and mercy.

As I am now nearly three years removed from the JWs, I see how incredibly stupid the whole "title" thing is in that religion. Really, you're appointed if that paricular body likes you. It's all political.

Just venting. Thanks for listening.

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I didn't even know that my sister was married yesterday.

by badwillie in

sucks.,..just venting.

i changed that little girl's diapers too, and still love her.

Funchback

Dag, Badwillie.

I can't (but really I can) believe that she got married.

Funny thing is that I didn't know she go married, either.

PS...Badwillie and I are friends from childhood.

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Law and Order

by jula71 in

jw
friends

did anyone catch last night?s law and order?

the plot was about a cult that had a history of child molestation and when accusations surfaced, the leader said that kind of thing is not tolerated and those involved were expelled from the church.

hmmmm?who does that sound like?

Funchback

I caught the episode last night, also.

I think what made me relate the episode to the JWs was that it was a very small religious group. Also, the older man who was 'hiding' the mother was JUST LIKE a JW mouthpiece (ala J.R. Brown).

And, the victims kept referring to the church as a 'cult'.

ALSO, I called my friend (badwillie on this Forum) to tell him how much the mother reminded me of his mother (not the actions of the mother, but, the personality, and the smug facial expressions).

Oh, and how the mother blamed the victims instead of those who were responsible for the horrible acts.